Back to school linguistics resources roundup
Taking (or teaching) an introductory linguistics class this semester? Here’s a handy resource post that you can save and come back to. Or, wish you could take intro linguistics? This might be the next best thing.
How much do I need to know before taking intro linguistics? (Spoiler: not much)
28 tips for doing better in your intro linguistics course (plus bonus parody tips for doing worse)
What is language? 8 myths about language and linguistics
The protolinguist series, a compilation of resources for self-study
Short to medium-length youtube videos about various linguistics topics: The Ling Space, Tom Scott, DS Bigham, Martina Wiltschko, and assorted other videos
How to find a topic for your linguistics paper
Typesetting linguistics: What is LaTeX and why do linguists love it? (with sample LaTeX doc to download and modify)
How to have a conversation about language differences without being a prescriptivist and my whole prescriptivism tag
How to make your own paper model of the larynx
Teaching phonetics using lollipops
A particularly nice video scan of the vocal tract, a gif of the tongue moving through the vowel space
How to remember the IPA vowel chart, with keywords
How to remember the IPA consonant chart, with keywords
A detailed explanation of sonorants, obstruents, and sonority
Elaborate Venn diagram of English phonological features
IPA transcription practice
Free “tudoring” and a moist owlet: the 5 “t” sounds in English (allophones of /t/ explained with internet gifs). Plus, a Superman allophone decision tree and why Baltimore sounds like Voldemort in Spanish.
The basics of how Optimality Theory works, with a coffee analogy
Guide to Praat and PraatR, an R package for controlling Praat
How to type IPA on your phone (Android and iOS)
Various ways to type IPA on a computer
Morphological typology cartoons
Is a sentence more like a bracelet or a mobile? LingVids (includes more very basic syntax videos)
So you asked the internet how to draw syntax trees. Here’s why you’re confused.
Types of trees: a sentence is an S, a sentence is an IP, a sentence is a TP
A step-by-step guide to drawing a syntax tree, with gifs
Generative syntax with Caroline Heycock (advanced introductory syntax videos)
Garden path sentences: how they work, some examples
Structural ambiguity and understanding people in Ipswich
How to draw trees on a computer (TreeForm and phpSyntaxTree)
Pronoun typology and “the gay fanfiction problem”
The solution to violent example sentences: Pokemon
The difference between epistemic and deontic, necessity and possibility (with bonus modals as Hogwarts houses)
Look at all these ducks there are at least ten (Gricean Maxims and duck gifs)
Gricean maxims in Welcome to Night Vale
Really, you should probably just check out my whole Gricean Maxims tag
Presuppositions, implicature and entailment, and more presuppositions in Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Giving a shit about Negative Polarity Items, NPIs explained using Mean Girls references, and a follow-up on Free Choice Items
The lambda calculus for absolute dummies
The lambda calculator (software for practising in Heim & Kratzer style)
Linguistics resources for high school teachers
Teaching linguistics to 9-14 year olds
On writing an IB extended essay in linguistics (& follow-up)
IPA Jeopardy and IPA Hangman
Practising syntax trees using cards and string/straws
Find a linguistics olympiad near you!
Editing linguistics Wikipedia articles instead of writing a final paper that no one but the prof will read (see also wikiedu.org)
Should you go to grad school in linguistics? Maybe
Figuring out if you actually want to go to linguistics grad school
How to decide which linguistics grad school to go to
How to look for linguistics undergrad programs
How to interact with someone who’s just given a talk
Roundup about how to do linguistics outreach
An extensive list of undergrad and/or student-friendly conferences - apply to one near you!
Linguistic approaches to language learning resource roundup
Will linguistics help with language learning? / Will learning a second language help with linguistics?
The problem with “economically useful” as a reason for language learning
Once you’ve taken a few linguistics courses, you may also want to consult how to explain linguistics to your friends and family, my linguistics jobs series, pop linguistics/lingfic book reviews, and my extensive archive of linguist humour. And hey – if you haven’t taken any linguistics but you’ve got an elective slot open, why not give it a try?
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